Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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... recording and supplying information concerning revenue receipts , area statistics , revenue - rates , and rural customs and practices . 7. The dynasty held the governorships of various provinces including : Agra ( 1721 ) , Kashmir ...
... recording and supplying information concerning revenue receipts , area statistics , revenue - rates , and rural customs and practices . 7. The dynasty held the governorships of various provinces including : Agra ( 1721 ) , Kashmir ...
Page 116
... recorded with the leading martyrs . The commemorations are fashioned accordingly . Thus the sixth day of Mohurram is connected with Husain's young nephew , the seventh with his eighteen - year old son , the eighth with the brave and ...
... recorded with the leading martyrs . The commemorations are fashioned accordingly . Thus the sixth day of Mohurram is connected with Husain's young nephew , the seventh with his eighteen - year old son , the eighth with the brave and ...
Page 136
... recorded the spoils of war seized from one set of ' female apartments ' in the palace and garden complex called the Kaisar Bagh , where some of the deposed ex - King Wajid Ali Shah's three hundred or more consorts resided when it was ...
... recorded the spoils of war seized from one set of ' female apartments ' in the palace and garden complex called the Kaisar Bagh , where some of the deposed ex - King Wajid Ali Shah's three hundred or more consorts resided when it was ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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